Relationships: all of them - children, parents, friends, partners and some family (yes, all family just really not worth it).
Relationships are the basis of every person's life... You have relationship managers in companies who deal solely with making the client happy, building a trustworthy relationship with these people and learning their businesses. But how much of that is real? Very very little.
Shallow, this is the shallow part of relations when you need to smooze clients and get them to love you, play on their weakness as a person to get money or business out of them. Or in some cases, tit for tat. The problem with this is that it lends itself to manipulation not only in the workplace and business arena, but in the broader scheme of things - like this thing we like to call life.
Whoever invented that terminology and elaborately built upon the premise is one intelligent individual with a serious penchant for making money and a definite lack of empathy.
In other words, this is why I am so terrible at Sales. I've said it time and time again while interviewing and to many of my real relations, albeit not the closest of friends, I cannot sell. I don't believe in false confidence and certainly do not entertain the theory that if I could talk myself out of anything and into someones good graces, I will make a million. Problem is, it bloody works.
In relationships on a daily basis it is hard for me to suck up to anyone, my philosophy is; If you don't want to do it, then leave. If you're not here to work, then don't. If you're not going to buy it, I will not try sell it to you. Thereby, there are certain musts that must just be adhered to. Not only in order to remain a upright citizen, but for your own reputation in society and for your offspring to have a body to look up to, since most of the world are now learning relationship management, i.e. how to lie.
Don't get me wrong, not every acquintance I've made has culminated into a lasting relationship, people sometimes do not get on, others find over time that they weren't as suited as they would have liked. Also, some find out later that they were being managed for their peers benefit. Its all so damn complicated.
Being pushed around and bullied is purely being dominated by another, now what I'm saying above doesnt mean I want to dominate anyone, it simply means; I don't get along with people who try manipulate me into doing as they wish I would. I find that rather degrading and quite rude actually. All they need do is ask, and accept my answer for what it is as I would do in return.
The general population have been brainwashed into thinking manipulation is a formation of a relationship and that is the only way you can get what you want. If they actually went into the word relationship, they'd realise this is a connection - emotional or other - association or involvment. Getting involved with another person and building upon that base, between two people - whether it be an entire family or not, each individual person needs to build a relationship with the other.
But who am I to judge, I've run away from real relationships almost all my life and will not bend or conform to the rules of society and the lack of connection.
Aah well, I'll find my passion and it will be where I'm able to be myself - hopefully its way before I kick the bucket.
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